...GOV.UK for the full list of updates. How we are reflecting updated government guidance Our toolkits are grounded in the statutory and non-statutory guidance from the Department for Education. This...
...of a three-year KS4, a school will simply pull GCSE teaching forward, stretching a two-year course over three. This means that for some pupils, choices made at the end of...
...in further education sets them up well for life. We will continue promoting improvement through inspection this year and we hope to see an even higher proportion of providers being...
...importantly whether the quality of education is good and the pupils prepared well for their next stage of education, training or employment. We know, for example, that some schools are...
...that they carried out some form of preparation for key stage 2 SATs, which meant curtailing or postponing the teaching of other foundation subjects. SATs are important in reflecting how...
...be a focus on the core subjects and another focus on, for example, vocational subjects. We might focus on a specific aspect across these subjects. For example, perhaps a school...
...and parent–carer forums We also heard from Ofsted and CQC inspectors who carry out area SEND inspections, as well as policy colleagues in Ofsted, the Department for Education (DfE) and...
...pre-inspection preparation remotely the day before they turn up at a school. We’ve been told for some time that the initial contact between an inspector and a school leader can...
...sure that trainee teachers are prepared for the classroom. In June last year, we introduced a new framework for inspecting ITE partnerships, which puts a much greater emphasis on the...
...for Ofsted. They’re contracted to inspect a certain number of days each year for us. We recruit them directly and train them alongside Her Majesty’s Inspectors (HMIs). HMIs are part...